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    Who was the first musician to be awarded a gold record for a million sales?

    Question #113676. Asked by BaronBatty. (Mar 26 10 10:36 PM)


    lones78

    		"On March 14, 1958, the RIAA certified Como's hit single, "Catch a Falling Star" as its first ever Gold Record."

    http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Perry_Como

    Mar 26 10, 11:11 PM
    Zbeckabee

    		The original Gold Record awards were presented to artists by their own record companies to publicize the achievement of 1,000,000 sales. The first of these was awarded by RCA to Glenn Miller in February 1942, celebrating 1,200,000 sales of "Chattanooga Choo Choo". Another example of a company award is the gold record awarded to Elvis Presley in 1956 for 1,000,000 sales of the single "Don't Be Cruel." The first gold record for an LP was awarded by RCA to Harry Belafonte in 1957 for the album Calypso (1956), the first album to sell over 1,000,000 copies.

    http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gold_record

    Mar 27 10, 12:05 AM

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